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Rufous Grasshopper

Gomphocerippus rufus

480Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun10
Jul57
Aug199
Sep159
Oct37
Nov3
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England154
2Kent England81
3Gloucestershire England72
4Somerset England34
5Oxfordshire England31
6Devon England25
7Bath and North East Somerset England14
8Dorset England12
9Medway England6
10Bristol, City of England5
11Herefordshire, County of England3
12West Berkshire England1
13Rotherham England1
14Isle of Wight England1
479 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
480
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Gomphocerippus rufus
Group
Grasshoppers and crickets
NBN Atlas records since 2000
455
Most recorded in
Surrey, Kent, Gloucestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Gomphocerippus
Name with authority
Gomphocerippus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1541635 · GBIF 1700023